Inmates Collection (page 5)

Babies Tea Party, Hollymount, Tottington, Lancashire
Young inmates of the Hollymount (or Holly Mount) Roman Catholic childrens home enjoy a tea party. A dolls house stands in one corner of the room. Date: circa 1910

Workhouse / Kitchener Hospital, Brighton, Sussex
Part of the Brighton workhouse in its First World War guise as the Kitchener military hospital. The H block as normally occupied by inmates classed as lunatics. Date: Circa 1916

St Andrews Home for Girls, Southsea
Inmates of the St Andrews Home For Girls, St Simons Road, Southsea, Hampshire. The younger ones, seated, are holding dolls while the older girls are wearing Girl Guide uniforms

Dr Nolans Orphan Boys Home, Bradford
Dr Nolan and some of the inmates in front of his Orphan Boys Home on Little Horton Lane, Bradford. A portrait of the Rev. Dr Nolan is inset. Date: Date unknown

The Revd. Masters
THE REV. MASTERS churchman, minister to the unfortunate inmates of Bridewell prison, London. Date: 18th century

Performance by British POWs during WWII
A Christmas Show (Pantomime) performed by British Prisoners of War - during WW2. Possibly one of the less glamorous chorus lines of the 1940s (foreground) !!! Date: circa 1942

Womens Volunteer Reserve - Fire-fighting Drill at a London
Uniformed members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve perform a fire-fighting drill watched by seated workhouse inmates. The location is unnamed but may be a workhouse at Edmonton. Date: 1916

Regents Park Industrial School - Chair Drill
Inmates perform a chair drill at the Regents Park Boys Industrial School, Regents Park Road, Primrose Hill, London. Date: 1910

Workhouse inmates on Nieuwe Prinsengracht, Amsterdam
Inmates from Amsterdams nearby Roetersstraat workhouse sit beside the canal on Nieuwe Prinsengracht. Date: 1932

Mat-making at the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates and looms in the mat-making workshop at the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Activity at the Amsterdam workhouse
Inmates at work in the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Shoemakers at the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates at work shoe-making in the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Inmates employed at canning in the Amsterdam Workhouse
Inmates preparing vegetables for canning at the workhouse, Roetersstraat, Amsterdam Date: 1932

Inmates Room at Establishment for Recidivists, Merxplas, Be
Inmates Room at Establishment for Recidivists, Merxplas (or Merksplas) labour colony and beggars depot, Belgium Date: 1934

Button from the Strand Union Workhouse, London
A corroded metal button from an inmates uniform at the Hackney Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Button from St Margaret & St John, Westminster, Workhouse
A corroded button from an inmates uniform at the St Margaret & St John, Westminster Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Button from Nottingham Union Workhouse
A metal button from an inmates uniform at the Nottingham Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Button from Hackney Union Workhouse, London
A metal button from an inmates uniform at the Hackney Union workhouse. Date: Date unknown

Brass Button from Thorne Union Workhouse, London

Warwick Prison - Interior View

St Lukes Workhouse, Old Street, London
A design by architect Henry Saxon Snell for additions to St Lukes Workhouse on Old Street. The new buildings, opened in 1879, contained administrative offices and infirm wards for 930 inmates

Union Workhouse Plan by John Bowen
A model plan for a union workhouse annotated by poor-law critic John Bowen of Bridgwater to illustrate his arguments that workhouse inmates were overcrowded and underfed. Date: 1842

Hennen & Wadhams marriage Feb 1911

Durham Gaol interior
Interior of prison block at Durham Gaol. Cells line the open galleries which have a safety net strung across to prevent inmates falling. Date: Date unknown

Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire
Dining Hall of Burnley Workhouse, Lancashire with male inmates seated at long tables. It appears to a special occasion, with workhouse staff accompanied by Union Guardians and a small child

Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood
Blind inmates enjoying activities such as cycling, boating, and swings at Royal Normal College for the Blind, Norwood. The specially constructed cycles had their wheels side-by-side. Date: 1895

Prudhoe Colony for Mental Defectives - Inmates House
" One of the houses for patient inmates at the " Colony for Mental Defectives" established in 1914 at Prudhoe, Northumberland

Old Workhouse Infirmary, Hunslet, West Yorkshire
The infirmary at the old Hunslet Union workhouse on Hillidge Road, Hunslet. The area next to the building was extensively cultivated to grow vegetables for consumption by the inmates

Sunday Music for the Indigent Poor by Clemet Flower. The scene depicts the dining-hall of the City Road workhouse where the National Sunday League were putting on a concert for the inmates. Date: 1901

National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Inmates and staff at the Childrens Home on the Moor at Edgworth near Bolton, founded in 1872 by Methodist minister Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Old Workhouse, Hunslet
The old Hunslet Union workhouse on Hillidge Road, Hunslet. High wells separate the areas used by different categories of inmates

Wandsworth Workhouse Death Notice
An inmates death notice issued by the St Johns Hill workhouse infirmary of the Wandsworth Union. Date: 1924

Dr. W. A. Thatchell pictured with blind Chinese boys, Chinese Revolution
Dr. W. A. Thatchell pictured with two nurses, all from the Wesleyan Mens Hospital in Hankow, who rescued wounded and blinded inmates from the hospital under fire from insurgents during the Chinese

Irish Workhouse Dormitory Design 1840
Design by architect George Wilkinson for dormitories in Irish workhouse. On the upper two floors, inmates slept on raised platforms with a walkway in between

Louisa Twining 1869 Dawsons
A portrait of Louisa Twining from 1868. She became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates and founded the Workhouse Visiting Society. Date: 1869

Louisa Twining at two-and-a-half
An engraved portrait of Louisa Twining aged two-and-a-half from a miniature by her sister. Twining later became a campaigner for improvement in conditions for workhouse inmates

Workhouse bowl and mug
An inmates soup or gruel bowl and spoon from the Hackney workhouse and a mug from the Bootle workhouse, all marked with their unions monogram. Each held up to two pints of liquid. Date: Date unknown

Boys Industrial Home, Walsham-le-Willows
Exterior of the Boys Industrial Home, Walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk. Some of the inmates are mowing the lawn or standing by a wheelbarrow

Inmates of the Bosmere & Claydon Workhouse, Norfolk
Uniformed inmates of the Bosmere and Claydon Workhouse, Barham, Norfolk. The smartly dressed woman, centre rear, is probably a local organiser for the Brabazon scheme where workhouse inmates made

Bridge Workhouse, Kent
A view of the rear of the Bridge Union workhouse, Kent, opened in 1836. The inmates lived in cottage-size rooms around the outside of a central courtyard

Brabazon Sale, Belper Workhouse, Derbyshire
1907 card advertising sale of work produced by inmates of the Belper workhouse under the Brabazon scheme. Date: 1907

Inmates of Chipping Norton Childrens Home
The National Childrens Homes (NCH) home at Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire, opened in 1903 for what were described as delicate and affected children

Female inmates at Oundle workhouse
Uniformed elderly female inmates at the Oundle Union workhouse. Date: 1896

New Years Eve in the Workhouse
An illustration by J Barnard Davis of New Years Eve in an unnamed workhouse. At Christmas time, workhouses were decorated and the inmates given treats

Womens Garden at Oundle Union workhouse
The womens garden at Oundle workhouse, Northamptonshire. The Master and some inmates can just be seen. Date: 1896

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - section
A sectional view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - elevation
The elevation view of Jeremy Benthams scheme for a panopticon workhouse to hold up to 2000 inmates. The design, published in Benthams 1812 work Pauper Management Improved

Jeremy Benthams Panopticon - ground plan

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